I don't think the speaker is as loud as the Echo, but it is plenty loud for listening to music around the house.

I don't have to say, "Alexa" but just tap my portable echo to ask what I want.

Alexa feature is somewhat useful but not as much as the Echo

I was hoping to use this as a portable echo, so I could have one for my patio

Does not work nearly as well as the Echo.

great sound, if it's up semi loud you have to scream at it to be heard.

The sound of the Echo is very good, I just wish the Tap was as good.

Other than that, the sound is great and we are happy with this purchase.

I love that it's portable and has really good sound for it's size

The product is nice it's built well has a nice size but the sound is bad like really

Sound quality is horrid as in the $30 generic no name brand speaker you buy from walmart has better quality and a deeper bass

It does everything it’s supposed to do with very good sound quality

Don't listen to anyone who says the sound quality is poor, this isn't designed to be your main echo device, it's an addition to

and didn't want to lose the sound quality that the Tap offers, and really couldn't justify the expense of purchasing a speaker of equal quality to the Tap, so we dealt with the popping issue.

the sound quality is so much better than the others, that I can overlook that part.

I loved the product when it was working, but I hate it now since it is not working

Probably the worst product I have ever received from Amazon

Amazon Tap would be a great product if it had all the features of the rest of the Alexa speaker line......but it doesn't.

Hands down the worst Alexa product I have bought, and it wasnt for the unfriendly return

Other than that, it's a great product and does everything as advertised.

Really disappointed -- a portable Alexa-enabled speaker would be great.

:It's a portable bluetooth speaker with Alexa capabilities

I wanted a portable Bluetooth speaker for my apartment.

So if you need a nice loud bluetooth speaker that can answer questions and stream music, then this one is for you.

It also acts a portable bluetooth speaker that you can take with you.

I like the most is that it's a great device to have in your home

The tap is a nice device in some ways, but does not support full features of other, even older devices.

I bought a Tap just over a year ago, and it's a great device.

This device does not support messaging and does not support multi-room music that we've come to love from the other echo devices.

The Tap sounds the best, is portable and I absolutely love the device!

It does need WiFi to be enabled so the portability of it, does have a downfall, unless you use your hotspot or are in a location that has WiFi

n’t feel like cheap plastic that it would be great sound

The music is distorted I regret i that i did not return the tap to upgrade to a better model.

good speaker, portability is great, but didn't like that i couldn't add it to my "echo group".

So I like to charge my BT speaker on my nightstand, and if I accidentally forget to turn off the Tap, it and the Echo seem to get confused as to which device should handle the request

I would recommend this product over the Alexa dot because the Tap is portable.

The Tap has amazing sound, versitility and I love the size

Tap will lose connection from wifi, which I understand can happen.. but once it does it will never work properly from that connected device again

Tap will lose connection from wifi, which I understand can happen.. but once it does it will never work properly from that connected device again

I love my Tap, but it isn’t exactly an Echo replacement

The sound of this device is nice and using it for portable music is good

Nice to have portable streaming music for the garage or patio.

The music is distorted I regret i that i did not return the tap to upgrade to a better model.

This is a good speaker with Alexa and is great if you have like to enjoy music outside

The Amazon Tap ODDLY does NOT support the Amazon Music Streaming Subscription service!!!

It’s deceptively advertised like an echo device but lacks the cool features like Multi-Room Music.

The best feature of the Alexa tap is that it is portable

All my Alexa devices work well but really found the portability of the tap to be a great feature.

However, it is missing the features of the Echo like dropping in

It also is missing many features that the Echo products get like multi room audio

The sound is great on the Tap as good as it is on the Alexa tower

This doesn't work half as well as the dot as far as Alexa is concerned

So I like to charge my BT speaker on my nightstand, and if I accidentally forget to turn off the Tap, it and the Echo seem to get confused as to which device should handle the request

So I like to charge my BT speaker on my nightstand, and if I accidentally forget to turn off the Tap, it and the Echo seem to get confused as to which device should handle the request

The sound is great on the Tap as good as it is on the Alexa tower

As said, it's a nice portable Bluetooth speaker that you could give instructions to.

So if you need a nice loud bluetooth speaker that can answer questions and stream music, then this one is for you.

For the price you pay for this you would be better off buying an Echo Dot and a "dumb" bluetooth speaker.

It also acts a portable bluetooth speaker that you can take with you.

This is the most frustrating Bluetooth speaker I’ve ever owned

I keep reading about all the cool things an Echo can do

I am still learning all the wonderful things Alexa can do

It does weird thing once in a while, but recently it gets worse

So there are some things for Amazon Alexa to consider before I add Echo to my home, but I do love my Tap

The thing I hate the most about Alexa is her inconsistency

This device does not support messaging and does not support multi-room music that we've come to love from the other echo devices.

and it's useless for the intercom function, which sucks as we could have really used that

So I like to charge my BT speaker on my nightstand, and if I accidentally forget to turn off the Tap, it and the Echo seem to get confused as to which device should handle the request

I love that I can take it all over the house (upstairs and down) as well as in the

Not as good as the original but will do in a pinch, still trying to figure out why it keeps losing connection wifi and/or bluetooth

It does get surprisingly loud though which leads me to my one true gripe and this would be attributable to the software I think

Tap also does not support multi room musicSkip this device and get an echo or dot.

This device does not support messaging and does not support multi-room music that we've come to love from the other echo devices.

Even then it does not support many of the smart features that the other echo products do

The Amazon Tap ODDLY does NOT support the Amazon Music Streaming Subscription service!!!

The reason I give 1 star is because for some reason Amazon is ignoring this device with all the new call/communication and multi-room features

So I like to charge my BT speaker on my nightstand, and if I accidentally forget to turn off the Tap, it and the Echo seem to get confused as to which device should handle the request

The sound is great on the Tap as good as it is on the Alexa tower

Controls are not as intuitive as with the other Echo devices and can’t use it without WiFi at all, so that’s a bummer, but nice to use out by the pool.

I love that I can take it all over the house (upstairs and down) as well as in the

As far as I am concerned the only things this overpriced piece of plastic is good for is spelling, time & date and the weather.

This, I've resigned myself that I've spent $100 on a useless piece of plastic.

Im torn about whether I love this or not, out of all the echo devices this one is my favorite (I actually hate the other two I own)

Anything really would be better because at least it can make your music louder and connect, not this complete piece of garbage

and I can say it is the most frustrating electronic I have ever owned

I also find that both the Echo and the Tap 'hear' better than the Dot, especially in a noisy room.

Fills the room with music and my parrot loves it.

I was disappointed in the inability of the Tap to join in with “multi-room” music and the inability of the Tap to wake me to a Song.

It'll fill a room well enough and the voice controls are very handy

After further review, no multi-room is disappointing but it is an excellent portable speaker and the fact it streams music and radio stations offsets my beef.

n’t feel like cheap plastic that it would be great sound

This speaker does not sound as crisp as other B/T speakers that I have acquired --- It does, however, put out a most pleasant, warm sound --- especially when playing ethereal new age music, which is my favorite genre

Tap will lose connection from wifi, which I understand can happen.. but once it does it will never work properly from that connected device again

It does have great range and volume, but definitely needs a better functioning connection, both the Wi-Fi connection and the Bluetooth experience the same.

But for no identifiable reason tap would lose its internet connection while in a stationary location..

I have read many negative reviews about the Amazon Alexa App

The music is distorted I regret i that i did not return the tap to upgrade to a better model.

Don't listen to negative reviews based on it not being hands free.

Last month I left a bad review for an Amazon Dot I received for Christmas and returned.

and I can say it is the most frustrating electronic I have ever owned

The second issue is that the tap does not support the Drop in Feature

First, let me state that neither one is 100% perfect, because at times, Alexa has a hearing problem (confuses B, V, D for example or doesn't hear me at all)

I initially thought the "Drop In" feature was weird but then warmed up to the idea of being able to drop in and tell everyone else dinner was ready

the only con that I have for it is that it does not support drop in or calling

Not only receiving a drop-in call, but making a drop-in call to Echo or Echo Dot is not supported